Terabase Announces
Windows 32-bit Version of Haystack for Windows

Danvers, Mass (June 2003)
- Terabase Corporation has announced the release of Haystack For Windows
Version 2.0 for its client Information Handling
Services (IHS). This new version directly includes the new
features designed to improve performance and increase usability.

Included in the new release are an instant link to the
IHS Universal Part Center service, the addition of new databases and information
on specifications and standards, new reporting mechanisms, and enhanced
navigation and printing features.

"The most recent changes to Haystack make this search
tool even more powerful than it was before," says Terabase President
Thor Olson. "We're particularly pleased that
Haystack now allows users even more flexibility than they had before,
both in how they search its databases and how they view its detailed information."

In addition, Olson says, "These changes were important
to IHS because the company is committed to responding to the evolving
needs of its customers, and nearly all of these new features were driven
by user comments.

Haystack is the most powerful tool available to help reduce
acquisition cycles times and total ownership costs. It is is designed
to meet the needs of personnel in procurement and supply, logistics, engineering,
contracting, sales and marketing, and material management. The service
can be used in government locations including Army, Navy, Air Force, and
Marine bases, and at commercial sites such as government contractors and
companies doing competitive research or market analysis.

Haystack's powerful search engine and variety of indices
access information from more than 40 government databases with information
on 11.5 million items. It also includes information on more than 25 million
procurement histories to help users find more readily available standards
parts. Haystack for Windows Online further simplifies parts and logistics
research with a batch search feature that generates information on thousands
of items in just minutes.

Terabase Corporation develops high-end search-engine and
database solutions for publishers and other information providers around
the world. Experts on creating tools that maximize product performance,
the company provides project management, system architecture, and development
services. In addition, Terabase has created a number of proprietary technologies
that combine programming tools and libraries to enable exceptionally fast
searching of extremely large databases.